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12/08/2007, 10:03 AM
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It moved!...Is it supposed to move??
I just started the hobby this summer, and got my first corals about a month ago. I got a frag from someone in my club, and it had some little polyps on it. I think that they're aptasia, but they didn't multiply or anything bad so I've just been leaving them there. (I know they're bad, but at this point, there just one more part of the biodiversity in my tank)
I've been keeping a close eye on them, and noticed that one of them moved last night! As I said, I THINK they're aptasia, but I could be wrong. Are they mobile like an anemone, or is it something else since it moved?? |
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12/08/2007, 10:06 AM
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aiptasia and other anemones and mushrooms can move.
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12/08/2007, 10:06 AM
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They are an anemone, and yes they do move. Once they do start to multiply, there's no stopping them
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12/08/2007, 10:07 AM
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they can and will move, and multiply if not taken care of now. when conditions are good they will be like a plague, and yes they are an anemone.
kill them now 
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12/08/2007, 10:09 AM
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Is getting a peppermint shrimp an option if they start to get out of hand? I thought that if I got a PS, it'd just gobble all the aptasia up and I wouldn't have to worry about them. ah, isn't ignorance bliss!
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12/08/2007, 10:18 AM
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Moved On
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shrimp are a hit or miss with them. and most shrimp that do eat them will normally go after the babies only.
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12/08/2007, 10:29 AM
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I would get them out while you can , you're playing with fire.
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12/08/2007, 10:29 AM
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Joes Juice is what I would do. Hell, you can use lime juice for that matter. Just remember that both of those are acidic and will lower the ph if used in a large dose. Get a syringe and inject the base with about 1cc, if that, in the base of that little bad boy. He will go away and never come back to bother another coral. But, as stated above, get rid of him now.
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12/08/2007, 10:47 AM
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IMO the peppermint will only eat the smaller ones and that's only when they have nothing else to eat. I always used kalkpaste to get rid of mine. Works like Joes Juice and it's something I already have.
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12/08/2007, 10:54 AM
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Use kalkpaste...it chemically is the same thing and is cheaper
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